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1916 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

1916 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Edgar Howard Herbert P. Shumway Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 143,752 124,706 Percentage 50.4% 43.7%

Lieutenant Governor before election James Pearson Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard Democratic

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The 1916 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916, and featured Democratic nominee Edgar Howard defeating Republican nominee Herbert P. Shumway as well as Socialist Party nominee Edmund R. Brumbaugh and Prohibition Party nominee Charles E. Smith.^[1] Incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor James Pearson sought reelection to the office of lieutenant governor but was defeated for reelection in the Democratic primary by Edgar Howard.^[2]

• William B. Banning, farmer, businessman, bank director, former county commissioner for Cass County, Nebraska, and former member of the Nebraska Senate from 1909 to 1913 from Union, Nebraska^[3][4]
• Edgar Howard, editor of the Columbus Telegram newspaper and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 from Columbus, Nebraska^[3][5]
• James Pearson, incumbent Nebraska Lieutenant Governor

The People's Independent Party, a remnant of the earlier Populist party movement, chose between two of the democratic candidates for lieutenant governor. Since neither of them won the Democratic nomination, the party decided to endorse Edgar Howard, the Democratic nominee, as its nominee in the general election instead.^[2][1]

Herbert P. Shumway, the eventual Republican nominee, was the only candidate to receive a significant percentage of the votes for the Progressive Party nomination.

Charles E. Smith was the only candidate who received a significant percentage of votes for the Prohibition Party nomination.

• Walter Kiechel, member of the Nebraska Senate since 1913 from Johnson, Nebraska,^[3] and former teacher and superintendent of schools at Tecumseh, Nebraska^[6]
• Theodore E. Nordgren, farmer and former member of the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913 from Phillips, Nebraska^[3][7]
• Herbert P. Shumway, farmer, businessman, and member of the Nebraska Senate since 1913 and previously from 1891 to 1893 from Wakefield, Nebraska^[3][8]

Edmund R. Brumbaugh, the financial secretary of the Office Workers' Union, ran unopposed for the Socialist Party nomination.^[9]

• 1916 Nebraska gubernatorial election